Feral Beauties

I think that all the feral kitties out there deserve some love! 

Fox is beautiful!

What a lovely idea for a thread. Here are a few of the feral cats I care for.

Three brothers, Rufus, Hissy and Junior. Since I moved house my neighbour takes care of these boys full time and I go down to visit them every week with some extra food.


Three kittens born summer 2012. Sadie, Sweetheart and Chicken. They all live with me now.



Carpet, the fourth sister, lives with me too.

I'm looking forward to seeing everyone else's pictures. Feral cats are the best. 

Just a few I have immediately available:

Alpha Jr.:



A couple photos snapped through the window of Alpha Jr.'s daughter, "Little Girl" and her two kittens (his grandkittens) "Teeny Girl" and "Goldie" (low quality due to being taken through uneven glass that caused a lot of distortion and being cropped a lot):



Just Teeny Girl and Goldie (again, low quality):


Just Teeny Girl (low quality):


Teeny girl a few months later (from the thread "I HAS A DRAGONFLY!!!")


Ally at 6 years old, who lives with me but was born feral (taken with a improperly assembled lens) - also from another thread:


I have a ton more, some good quality and some not so great - but all on another computer I don't have access to right now.  Notably, I have photos of Alpha's other offspring - Little Boy and Meowser and maybe even one or two of Alpha Jr.'s father.

this is Asia. She is our crazy ball of craziness! We took her in when she was just about 3 weeks old, neighborhood kids found her and her siblings and told us they had been abandoned and trapped

Norachan said:

 
Fox is beautiful!

What a lovely idea for a thread. Here are a few of the feral cats I care for.

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Thank you! 

They are all so pretty! I love them! 

LawGuy said:

 
Just a few I have immediately available:

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Wow! Those are some gorgeous photos! And some gorgeous kitties

CatmomJulia said:

 this is Asia. She is our crazy ball of craziness! We took her in when she was just about 3 weeks old, neighborhood kids found her and her siblings and told us they had been abandoned and trapped

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She's adorable! I'm so glad you took her in.   

This is my very handsome, feral boy "Tabby."  He sadly passed away in Oct. 2014.  He was the

most loving creature I have ever known.  After 2 yrs. of living outdoors, he finally decided it was

time to trust me enough to come inside.  He lived with me for the next 10 yrs. as an indoor/outdoor

cat.  He was extremely gentle with me, but look out any other cat that tried to cross through his

territory!  

What a gorgeous kitty cat Fox is!

They are all beautiful/handsome kitties.

This one is Buster - a former semi-feral turned house cat. He was living outside for nearly 3 years before he joined us. He is now 10 going on 11 years old this year and is an indoor/outside kitty. He is microchipped and neutered.



@Norachan

Carpet (is she the little smoke long-haired) looks a bit like my cat Lil' Jag.

This is Robin, who was born into a cat colony. In 2012 I returned from a stay in the hospital to find my neighbors had been feeding strays on my porch. I think Robin thought since I came with the porch (and he was the alpha make kitten), then he'd claim me as his. Didn't want a cat, I kept telling myself. Then this nervy kitten stepped on my foot one night, and demanded supper. I was a sucker.



This is himself, right after I brought him in. He looked huge, like 4-5 months, but the vet said he was only maybe 2 1/2 months when this picture was taken.

bgregory said:

This is my very handsome, feral boy "Tabby."  He sadly passed away in Oct. 2014.  He was the

most loving creature I have ever known.  After 2 yrs. of living outdoors, he finally decided it was

time to trust me enough to come inside.  He lived with me for the next 10 yrs. as an indoor/outdoor

cat.  He was extremely gentle with me, but look out any other cat that tried to cross through his

territory!  

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What a beautiful cat! 

I'm so sorry for your loss. He was a lucky cat to live with you for so long!

And thank you! 

greycat2 said:

 
They are all beautiful/handsome kitties.

This one is Buster - a former semi-feral turned house cat. He was living outside for nearly 3 years before he joined us. He is now 10 going on 11 years old this year and is an indoor/outside kitty. He is microchipped and neutered. 

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What gorgeous cats!

And what a lucky cat Buster is.  

misterwhiskers said:

This is Robin, who was born into a cat colony. In 2012 I returned from a stay in the hospital to find my neighbors had been feeding strays on my porch. I think Robin thought since I came with the porch (and he was the alpha make kitten), then he'd claim me as his. Didn't want a cat, I kept telling myself. Then this nervy kitten stepped on my foot one night, and demanded supper. I was a sucker.

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He's so cute! I understand why you fell for him! 

bgregory said:

This is my very handsome, feral boy "Tabby."  He sadly passed away in Oct. 2014.  He was the

most loving creature I have ever known.  After 2 yrs. of living outdoors, he finally decided it was

time to trust me enough to come inside.  He lived with me for the next 10 yrs. as an indoor/outdoor

cat.  He was extremely gentle with me, but look out any other cat that tried to cross through his

territory!  

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Tabby is gorgeous! I love big orange cats.

Yes, she does!

Carpet only has a little bob-tail, but they do look very similar.

Here's one of my Rainbow bridge cat, Harvey.


 He was in a really bad way when he first showed up but we managed to coax him indoors and, with the help of our wonderful vet, nursed him back to health.  He was quite an old cat and FIV positive, but he had a happy few years with us. He grew to love being petted and would even let me pick him up. Just goes to show that even adult feral cats can be won over in the end.

Come on @pocho  @IrinaSaK   @kido  , we know you care for some gorgeous ferals. We need pictures.

@Norachan

They - Carpet and Lil' Jag could almost be litter mates or at the very least siblings if they lived nearby.

Harvey looks so handsome and a character. Glad he settled down with you in the end (as much as a feral could.)

I love feral beauty! Here is my lovely Giuseppi. I brought him in last winter. It has been a rough ride but so very worth it. As you can see part of his charm, beside his overflowing heart, is his sweet tongue that hangs out often- a wonderful bonus!

this is Giuseppi after 11day boarding and neutering and endless meds and finding he had fiv. He looks lost but now for sure feels home.

Giuseppi enjoying a lap nap with his tongue peeping out.

I love his thick build and paws. Getting neutered later in his life allowed secondary sexual features to manifest including those fat pads on cheeks.

pocho said:

Giuseppi enjoying a lap nap with his tongue peeping out.

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 Giuseppi is gorgeous! He looks so happy in this photo.

One of my other ex-feral cats, Jiro, was neutered at 8 months but he'd developed the big square tom cat head too. There is something quite endearing about it, isn't there?